The Format Toolbar

Figure 4-35 The Format Toolbar

Font Chooser.: The user can change the font of a selection either by typing the name of a new font in the text area of this box or by clicking on the little arrow to the right of the text area. This will cause a menu to appear from which a font can be chosen.
Font size: The user can change the font size of a selection by typing the number of a different font size or by clicking on the little arrow to the right of the entry box and selecting the preferred size.
Bold: Change the style of the current cell or the currently selected text to be bold, or unbold it if it is already bold.
Italic: Change the style of the current cell or the currently selected text to be italicized.
Underline: Change the style of the current cell or the currently selected text to be underlined.
Left justify..: Justify the contents of the cell to the left of the cell.
Center: Center the content of the cells.
Right Justify: Justify the content of the cells to the right side of the cells
Center across the selection: Center the content of the cells on the selected cells.
Merge Cells: Merge the selected cells into a single cell.
Split Merged Cells: Split previously merged cells into separate cells.
Money: Sets the format of the selected cells to be monetary.
Percentage: Sets the format of the selected cells to be a percentage.
Thousands separator: Sets the format of the selected cells to use thousands separator.
Increase the displayed precision.: Increases the number of decimals shown in the currently selected cell.
Decrease the displayed precision.: Decreases the number of decimals in the currently selected cell.
Decrease the displayed indentation.: This button decreases the indentation of selected elements.
Increase the displayed indentation.: This button increases the indentation of selected elements.
Change the display borders.: This button and drop down menu can be used to set the borders of all the cells in the selection.
Set the Background Colour.: This button and drop down menu can be used to set the back ground colour.
Set the Text Colour: This can be used to change the colour of the text.